Frederick Shopping Center to Create 375 Jobs and Tax Revenue
The Frederick Shopping Center will open Wednesday adding 375 local jobs and boosting annual income by over half a million dollars. Larrabee Associates reports 22 new stores will generate 990,000 to 500,007 in taxable income for Frederick County in 1957, easing resident tax burdens as the center expands. Woolworth leaves downtown. most other existing stores operate in both downtown and center locations, with several new firms joining Frederick. A Mount Airy Garden Club lecture on April 2 will fund grounds landscape work, featuring W. Bryant Tyrrell speaking on The Old Canal with color film. Queen Elizabeth visited London’s East End to see her maid, Margaret MacDonald, in hospital care.